When you were a child, one of the first questions people always asked was: What is your favorite color? For many of us, although we do have a color we absolutely love, that color may not be right for us. Colors have many different meanings and can effect you as well as everyone around you. Before we get to that do you understand what colors symbolize? Well if not let me break it down.

Blue
Blue comes in so many shades in the world around us. From the beautiful sky to the water of our oceans (technically) down to the color of some of our ink pens, the color blue is everywhere. Symbolizing peace, tranquility and being male, this color's claim to fame in fashion came with the development of denim. Nothing is like a cool blue pair of jeans to blend random colors together. Add the white tee from above and a blue Yankee fitted cap and you are good to go.

Top clothing items in Blue: Jeans, Yankee Fitted Cap

White
The ultimate color for your summer top, white is a symbol of pureness, newness and innocence. With the ability to reflect light, it helps to keep you cool on a hot day. Meshing perfectly with any outfit, you will look great all day until you get a stain. Susceptible to marks, dirty and food stains, your clean look will be ruined. Be careful when you eat while wearing white especially if its after Labor Day!

Top clothing items in white: Wedding Dress, T-Shirts, Sneakers

After a full day of shopping at your local mall, the food court is the place to be.

There, shoppers converge to pleasure their palate on the many menu items. Whether you have the taste for pizza, pasta, Cinnamin buns, smoothies, cookies, chinese or simply a hotdog, there is always something for you to eat.

While at your malls Food Court, you can try to satisfy your hunger by filling your belly with samples distributed on toothpicks. LOL You can also brag about all your new gear and how you are going to rock them.

To pass time, you can get your mack on with all the cuties who are shopping, eating and having a good time.

In the era of custom kicks, adidas has noticed how much time we spend in the foot court and has developed a line of sneakers that pay homage to many of the food items in the mall's Foot Court. Equipped for the skaters but colorized for the fashionistos, the right shirt and pattern on your jeans will make your outfit pop with these on your feet.

Check them out and let us know what you think.

- Kiante "The Sneaker Mann" Young

On July 31st, 2008, Spc. Andre Darnell Mitchell, 25, of Elmont, N.Y., died in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. A soldier, he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. Adventurous by nature, he loved being in the military.

Passing on at the tender age of 25, he didn't have children but he had a little brother who looked up to him. He also had two older brothers and an older sister. Although his mom begged him not to go to the war, this young college graduate went.

Many people disagree with the war in Iraq and don't support it but that doesn't mean that they don't support our troops because these are our sons, our daughters, our sisters, our brothers and our Moms and Dads who are fighting and dying.

Well Mom and Dad, its about that time again. Little Malik and Kiesha are heading back to school in a few weeks and its time to go shopping.

As you walk into the mall and start browsing you realize something is different.

Last year the little ones just let you pick whatever clothes you wanted them to have. Now Malik is making efforts to pick out his own clothes while Little Kiesha is saying, "I aint wearing that."

This season Walmart and Kids Foot Locker have come to your rescue with several cool products that are sure to make your kid jump and scream, "thank you! thanks you! thank you!"

Check out some of the cool items and let me know what you think! Which would you buy for your child? What do you think about the Betty Boo sneakers by Milkshake?

Most people say you can learn a lot about a man by looking at his shoes but between you and me, the true revealer of a man is his watch. Everyone always runs to spend money on fresh footwear to impress but its the watch that really tells what a man spending limits really are.

Timekeeping began with the shadow clocks of Egypt. Simply a long stem protruding out of the ground, it was used to measure the hours of the day based on the position of shadows over special marks. Unfortunately this device was no good because when the sun wasnt out or there was a cloudy day, no one knew what time it was.

Then the Egyptians developed water clocks which consisted of a bowl with small holes in its bottom, which was floated on water and allowed to fill at a near-constant rate; markings on the side of the bowl indicated elapsed time, as the surface of the water reached them.

It has been said that the eyes are the window to the soul. What happens when you want to close that window? Just put on a pair of shades.

The ultimate accessory, sunglasses, shades or as we call them in the hood, stunners can take your outfit to a whole 'nother level.

Creating mystery and partial anonymity, stunners are instant confidence boosters. You ever notice that people who have on shades hold their head just a little bit higher?

Shades also can hide red-eyes, black eyes and sleepy eyes. Amazingly though the Chinese had other uses for them.

According to 100 Inventions That Shaped The World by Bill Yenne and, Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles Panati, Chinese judges used smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal the expressions of their eyes in court in the 1300's.

In 1430, vision-correcting darkened eyeglasses were used to fix vision impairments. These were brought to China from Italy.

July 15th was all about Derek Jeter. The multifaceted Ford Edge pitchman was all the buzz at New York's MARQUEE.

Packed with New York socialites and celebrities from the world of sports, music, entertainment and fashion, they even paid homage to one of professional baseball's greatest shortstops.

Highlighting his illustrious 13-year career, the event also paid homage to New York City.

MARQUEE, was flooded with honored guests who danced the night away as tunes were spun by a DJ trilogy – DJ Premier, DJ Beverly Bond and celebrity DJ Idris Elba, aka DJ Driis.

The theme for the night was "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" highlighted throughout the venue with famous sayings displayed proudly on the walls from notable baseball legends and coaches, as well as a sophisticated ambiance of lush colors and candles to add to the stylish mood of Marquee.

Hey gang. The Williams sisters kicked butt at Wimbledon. Once again they had to face each other in the final because no one could touch them. As I am sure you know, Venus won that match but Serena put up an amazing fight.

Well if you have been inspired to learn to play tennis like I have, you will need to get the right gear.

When it comes to sneakers, you will need a shoe that has a lot of stability and shock absorption. The sneakers also have to be flexible and breathable.

When it comes to apparel you need gear thats has similar attributes. Aside from being breathable, tennis tops need to be stretchy but not clingy. Allowing sweat to disappate is equally important as tennis is such an active sport.

Tennis shorts, pants and skirts will always have deep, large pockets to hold all of the tennis balls.

Check out some cool gears that you could wear on your rise to tennis greatness. You will notice some cool new pieces but you will also see some cool classics as well.

The transition from boyhood to adulthood is culminated by many things like shaving, learning to drive, even wearing deodorant but one intimate decision often arises in a man's life that will effect him in many ways: Boxers or briefs?

Every man has to make this decision, choosing whether to continue wearing tighty whiteys or verge into the world of boxers. It depends on personal preference and needs.

Stemming from the shorts worn by fighters that were sold by Everlast founder Jacob Golumb, boxer shorts allow for more freedom than briefs. The fact that they don't have to be stretchy, creates the opportunity to add style and use different fabrics like silk or cotton. A necessary part of the boxers is called "a balloon seat". It is an area of loosely-fitting fabric in the center rear of the shorts that provides space to perform various movements like bending over. Its also good for the brothers who got big butts. LOL!

Many of you may not know this but I travel across the USA and do segments on TV shows about fashion trends and sneakers.

For the last three weeks, I have been on the road promoting cool Father's Day presents. After driving through about 18 states and over 7000 miles there is one thing I can say.

Man it's HOT!! (especially in Texas!)

Guess what I didn't pack: Any shorts. I literally cooked in my Enyce Jeans.

Drenched with sweat and drained from the driving, I suffered through the heat not thinking to go shopping and buy myself a couple of pairs of shorts until my last week on the road.